For two and a half periods o Prometheus he seemed capable of the great excess, but he could not endure to the end. The quality and the unlimited solutions made the difference and the fatal came 91-72 defeat by Virtus in Bologna for the 7th match of the Eurocup.
Patras from -11 (27-16) were ahead with three in the middle of the third period (48-51), but could not stand against one of the favorites to win the title knowing their fifth defeat in the institution.
Jeray Grant with 15 and Dario Hunt with 14 points were the first scorers of the losers, for whom follows the match with Panathinaikos on Sunday in OAKA and on Tuesday the match with Venezia in “Tofalos”.
Kyle Wims with 18 and Amar Alimbegovic with 14 points led Sergio Scariolo’s team in scoring, while Milos Teodosic had 9 points and 8 assists.
The match
Gikas, Ray, Rogavopoulos, Miles and Grant started the match for Prometheus who after the encouraging start (8-8), saw the hosts with three-pointers from Wims and Payola and Miles unsportsmanlike escape with 16-8. Led by Rogavopoulos, Patras approached (18-16), but the hosts pressed the accelerator and exposing the defensive weaknesses of their opponents and reached 27-16. Zouros’s players improved their defense dramatically and reduced the difference in the basket, 29-27, at the beginning of the second period and in the middle of it with the very positive Hunt they equalized (35-35). Thanks to the aggressive pluralism and the toughness in the back, Prometheus closed the half in perfect balance, 43-43.
Grant gave Prometheus his first lead in the match (43-45) with the start of the second half, reaching up to +3 (48-51) in the middle of the third period. Sergio Scariolo’s team with a 7-0 again took the lead (55-51) and with his substitutes giving many solutions, they escaped with 70-56. The guests seemed to have no other reserves to react and Virtus showed strength by reaching the difference of twenty (83-63) with Ilias Zourou giving time to the young Tanoulis and Bazina.
Ten minutes: 27-23, 43-43, 70-56, 91-72
See here the statistics of the match
Referees: Zamoiski (Poland), Sukis (Lithuania), Lavrukhin (Russia).
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